House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters on Dec. 14, ''Today Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) is introducing a new standalone bill to allow for...
On Dec. 13, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of three servicemembers ousted under ''Don't Ask,...
Frank Kameny came to Washington in 1956 to study the heavens and even considered becoming an astronaut. Instead, he became a stellar activist in the...
The D.C. City Council relieved some concern last week for HIV/AIDS organizations receiving city funding by voting to restore budget cuts proposed by outgoing Mayor...
''As the culture is changing,'' says Irwin Keller of the drag a cappella group the Kinsey Sicks, ''we become sort of the daring-but-doable entertainment in...
Despite the valiant attempts being made in some corners, the bright bauble of reality television has eclipsed what was once television's most reliable version of...
What is this, another ABBA greatest-hits set? (All together now: ''Money, money, money; must be funny; in a rich man's world.'') Every year record labels...
The Fighter hits you with a one-two punch. First, the astonishing performances help you bob and weave around a topic that's not for everyone. And...
Drag queen Ella Fitzgerald is an angel who tumbled to earth. Literally. ''I went to pose as an angel and slipped,'' says Donnell Robinson, who...
Heavenly Round-Up: You can't help looking ahead even as the past tugs at your shirttails. You're focused on the yet-to-be, though that which has already...
You can blame it all on Ed Bailey. During the early days of Metro Weekly, Ed, who at the time ran VelvetNation and now co-owns...
Ford’s Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns...
”My breakdown was a result of a cumulative array of stressors but there is no doubt that the composite betrayals felt on Thursday, by elected...
”Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it,...
”I thought she was really great on that road trip she did with Gayle when they were going into the camper and Gayle said, ‘Let’s...
”It’s quite unfortunate that so much attention has been given to this incident that was likely an accident, when there were two confirmed anti-LGBT hate...
Candide is the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first musical theater performance at Sidney Harman Hall. The comic operetta boasts music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)...
Best known for her 1993 album Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair fused lo-fi indie rock production techniques with the sensibility and structure of classic singer/songwriters....
The Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos, made it clear when testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 3 that he opposed the...
The Wonk Room’s Igor Volsky reports the news that “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced that Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) will introduce a stand-alone...